GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| wont | accustomed |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| broach | brooch |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |